Little Steps, Big Futures:The Podcast

My mom Kay McCarthy lost her 4 year battle with cancer on the 25th of April 2017, a day after her birthday. Last year we held the first '3K FOR KAY' walk to raise money for Irish Cancer Society while remembering Kay. 

This year we are asking you to join us on the Sunday the 24th of April at 'Navé Coffee House' in Killarney at 9.45am to walk 3K in memory of Kay. We will meet back at Navé afterwards for some tea/coffee and treats. Please wear something blue!! If you can't join us in person you can do the walk virtually with us. 

We will be forever grateful to the Irish Cancer Society for their support and guidance during my moms illness, they really were a lifeline to us in our darkest of days. 

Thank you all for your donations & involvement.

Special thank you to Nave Coffee House for helping us with the location. We appreciate it!

Love,

Sean, Shane, Jenny & Aoife x


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This week we chat to Sharon Flanagan, CEO of Fitness for Kids. 

Sharon has spent over twenty years working with children. Include owning and running her own creche and also being a nanny, this led her to combining all her passions to make a real difference in children’s every day lives.

In todays world many children spend too much time being sedentary having too much ‘screen time’. Fitness for Kids aim to get kids moving more and enjoying exercise all in a positive fun environment. We base each class on physical development first while incorporating intellectual, language, emotional and social development.

We hope you love it! 

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• To view the website: https://fitnessforkids.ie/
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Our guest today has many titles and achievements. She’s President of OMEP Ireland, A lecturer of Early Childhood Care and Education at Mary Immaculate  College and a huge Early Years advocate just name a few.

 Dr. Mary Maloney is Jennys former lecturer at Mary I Limerick, where she gives so much support and guidance both professionally and personally to her students.

We are delighted to have the opportunity to catch up and discuss the Evolution of the Early Years Sector.

We hope you enjoy it!



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Our guest today has many titles and achievements. She’s President of OMEP Ireland, A lecturer of Early Childhood Care and Education at Mary Immaculate  College and a huge Early Years advocate just name a few.

 Dr. Mary Maloney is Jennys former lecturer at Mary I Limerick, where she gives so much support and guidance both professionally and personally to her students.

We are delighted to have the opportunity to catch up and discuss the Evolution of the Early Years Sector.

We hope you enjoy it!



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This week we are flying solo and chatting catching up on some key happenings in the Early Years Sector as well as catching up with one another.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We hope you enjoy it!

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This week we chat to Caoimhe Keogan from Jigsaw Kerry who is the Youth and Community Engagement worker. 

Jigsaw was founded by Dr. Tony Bates, a clinical psychologist, in 2006 in Galway and Kerry was the second loction set up. 

Jigsaw caters for young people between the ages of 12-25 years old but does not offer medical supports. 

The 3 main supports Jigsaw offers are; 1:1 support, Case Consultation and Sign Posting. 

Jigsaw is an amazing service with dedicated professionals who strive to help young people with Mental Health issues. 

We hope you enjoy it!


To contact Jigsaw Kerry:

• Phone: 066 718 6785
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram 
• Facebook
• Jigsaw website

Jigsaw is not a crisis centre. If you need immediate help please call 112 or 911. 



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This week we are chatting to Minna Murphy, a service provider and Early Years Advocate.

Minna chats to us about the Early Years System in Finland where she is from originally and compares the pros and cons to the Early Years System in Ireland.

We talk about the future of the Early Years in Ireland and why we all should be part of SIPTU.

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This week we chat to Aoife Sheahan, Early Years Educator and owner of two Montessori Settings in Sydney, Austraila. 

Aoife talks about how life in OZ is different to life in Ireland, the similiarities between the Childcare Systems and how she set up two successful businesses with the help of great family and friends. 

Aoife shares her opinions about the paperwork, daily life and respect in the Childcare world and how she manages her brilliant staff around all those pressures. 

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This week we chat to Sarah Murray. Sarah is a Paediatric Behaviour Analyst with her own business in Cork. 

In this episode we chat about Early Intervention, the benefits of external help as well as how to become a behaviour analyst. 

Sarah shares some great knowlege, tips and pointers for both parents and educators as well as a list of helpful supports. 

We hope you love it! 

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This week we chat to Charlotte aka The Nursery Nurse on Tik Tok and Instagram.

Some of our listeners may already know who Charlotte is but if not Charlotte burst onto our screens during the depths of the pandemic bringing brilliant sketches about the Childcare world.

If you are a parent, guardian, educator or teacher you will find humour in all the beloved characters Charlotte plays.

Charlotte chats about her time as an Early Years Professional and how each character and scenario was created.

We know you will love it!

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